


The Ithorians are the creatures with the flat heads and bulbous eye sockets and a hologram of an Ithorian appears on the front cover. Fandomar is an Ithorian, one of the creatures appearing in the classic bar scene in episode IV of the Star Wars saga. Thirteen-year-old Tash Arranda is traveling with her brother Zak and her uncle Hoole and they need a mineral for their ship that can only be acquired in a mining colony located in an asteroid field. None of the main characters in the movie series is mentioned. While this book involves the force, a reference to Jedi Knights, an ambitious "servant" of the Emperor, asteroid dwelling space slugs and Imperial storm troopers, those are the only elements of the Star Wars storyline that are used.
